Cresting for roofs



(No Model.)

G. M. VANCE.

v GRESTING FOR ROOPS.

Patented Mar. 14, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT Genres.

GEORGE MILLER VANCE, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

CRESTING FOR ROOFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,344, dated March 14, 1893.

Application filed May 24, 1892. Serial No. 434,208. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE MILLER VANCE, a resident of Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crestings for Roofs; andI do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in ornamental crestings for roofs,the object being to produce a cresting of molded material, such as glass, clay, paper, &c., which can be secured to the roof without the use of nails, shoes and similar fastening devices.

A further object is to produce an ornamental cresting for roofs which can be adjusted to the roof without the use of fastening devices, such as nails, shoes &c.

A further object is to produce a cresting of glass or other suitable material, which shall be pleasing in appearance as well as massive, and which may be easily and quickly adjusted to the desired position without the use of nails, or similar fastening devices.

With these obj ectsin view theinvention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional View. Fig. 3 is a View of a modification.

A represents the metallic cresting plate, provided at its apex with a curved bead or'head B, the cross section of which is something more than a semi-circle. The sides of the cresting plate A are adapted to lie parallel with the roof. The cresting plate A is intended to receive and hold without the use of nails or similar fastening devices, my improved cresting O. The ornamental crestin g C is preferably molded of glass, but may be made of clay, paper, or other suitable material capable of being molded, and maybe molded in any desired design. In the bottom of the crestingC,a curved groove D is made, said groove being of a shape to exactly conform to the shape of the head or bead B of the cresting plate A. Below the groove or opening D, the inner faces of the depending wings CL of the cresting O are beveled to conform to the sloping sides of the cresting plate A. By thus constructing the cresting O and cresting plate A, said cresting can be put on the cresting plate from one end thereof, the head or bead B of the cresting plate, entering and filling the groove or opening D and thus prevent the escape of the cresting from the plate,and the wings a of the cresting lying flat against the sloping roof. Thus the cresting can be attached to the cresting plate, adjusted to any desired position and will be held securely in place without the use of nails, shoes or other fastening devices. The cresting may be made in sections of eight feet or less, and sections of various designs may be employed for producing the desired finished cresting. The cresting thus made is pleasing in appearance as well as massive.

Instead of making the head or head B of the cresting plate A, curved as above explained, it may be made in the form of a dove-tail,-- in which case the groove or opening in the cresting C will be made in the same form.

The cresting can be molded in any desired shape, is cheap to manufacture, is movable or adjustable, can be readily attached to the cresting plate and secured thereto without the use of fastening devices.

If desired the cresting can be attached to the cresting plate before attaching the latter to the roof and without sliding the cresting on the end of the cresting plate, by simply compressing the sides of said cresting plate to reduce the side of the head or bead B, and after the cresting is in place the sides of the cresting plate can be allowed to assume their original position, and the bead or head B made to completely fill the groove or openingD in the cresting C.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination with a cresting plate having a head or bead, of a cresting having a groove or opening adapted to receive said head or bead and thus hold the cresting without the use of fastening devices, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a cresting plate having a head or bead, of acresting having an opening to receive said head or bead, whereby said cresting will be held in position without the use of fastening devices, and wings depending from. said cresting adapted to lie parallel with the slopingsides of the cresting plate, 5 substantially as set forth.

3. A cresting of glass having an opening therein, for the reception of a similarly shaped bead, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination with a. cresting plate 10 having a head or head which describes more than a semi-circle in cross section, of a cresting having an opening or groove therein of a shape to conform to the beador head of the cresting plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this 15 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE MILLER VANCE.

Witnesses:

PAUL HUGHES, WILLIAM L. LEE. 

